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U.K. stocks lower at close of trade; Investing.com United Kingdom 100 down 0.17%

Published 06/11/2018, 12:15 PM
Updated 06/11/2018, 12:16 PM
© Reuters. U.K. stocks lower at close of trade; Investing.com United Kingdom 100 down 0.17%
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Investing.com – U.K. stocks were lower after the close on Monday, as losses in the Automobiles & Parts, Household Goods & Home Construction and Technology Hardware & Equipment sectors led shares lower.

At the close in London, the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 fell 0.17%.

The best performers of the session on the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 were Marks and Spencer Group PLC (LON:MKS), which rose 2.65% or 7.70 points to trade at 297.70 at the close. Meanwhile, Standard Chartered PLC (LON:STAN) added 2.63% or 19.10 points to end at 745.70 and British American Tobacco PLC (LON:BATS) was up 2.48% or 90.50 points to 3746.50 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Ferguson Plc (LON:FERG), which fell 3.55% or 221.12 points to trade at 6000.00 at the close. Capita PLC (LON:CPI) declined 2.37% or 3.70 points to end at 152.70 and Old Mutual PLC (LON:OML) was down 1.89% or 4.20 points to 218.20.

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the London Stock Exchange by 1218 to 775 and 332 ended unchanged.

Shares in Ferguson Plc (LON:FERG) fell to 5-year highs; down 3.55% or 221.12 to 6000.00.

Gold Futures for August delivery was up 0.17% or 2.20 to $1304.90 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in July rose 0.68% or 0.45 to hit $66.19 a barrel, while the August Brent oil contract rose 0.10% or 0.08 to trade at $76.54 a barrel.

GBP/USD was down 0.23% to 1.3376, while EUR/GBP rose 0.44% to 0.8817.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.02% at 93.53.

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